OEHS Awards and Recognition

OEHS Excellence Award, November 2007 - James Watkins
James is a dedicated, hard working employee who began working for OEHS as an ESS technician where he was cross trained in all the waste programs. He quickly showed an interest in radioactive waste management and worked his way to health physicist for the group. He has succeeded in disposing of a backlog of historical radioactive material. James has also taken the initiative to assist in improving and critiquing the ESS databases while stream lining and formalizing many of components of the radiation waste program. He agreed to serve as the interim Supervisor for the ESS technicians and has been learning new facets of ESS in the process. James is open to new ideas and welcomes challenges with a positive and fair attitude.

OEHS Excellence Award, November 2007 - Bejnamin Fontes, Tom Ouimet and Randina Palmisano
This award recognizes three individuals for their contributions to a special training project of international import. Benjamin Fontes (OEHS), Tom Ouimet (OEHS), and Randina Palmisano (YARC) worked diligently for more than a year on the production of a training video that was funded by the American Biological Safety Association. The video, entitled "Working Safely with Laboratory Animals", is designed to address issues at the Animal BSL 1, 2, and 3 levels. This video bridges an important and vulnerable gap between lab animal husbandry, research, and safety. It will be distributed widely by ABSA, and furthers Yale’s international reputation.

Peter Reinhardt, OEHS Director,
Tom Ouimet, Special Projects,
Randina Palmisano, Manager Regulatory & Safety Services, YARC
Benjamin Fontes, Biosafety Officer / SA Co-Manager